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| Scary Monsters, and Super Creeps |
| Scary Monsters and Super Creeps was released in September 1980. It got to number 1 in the UK charts, as did Ashes To Ashes, one of Bowies best known singles. I love this album, and now, less than 6 weeks after I wrote the Earthling Page it is my favourite album. All the songs are different and they are all fantastic. I dispise Samantha Mumba, and always have, but I despise her more scince she covered Ashes to Ashes. It's up there with the songs you just cannot cover!! It's just so Bowie! And then she has the cheek to change the lyrics! Body to Body? What nonsence. At least Ashes to Ashes is original. OK, moan over. My favourite track on the album is probably Teenage wildlife, which Ill talk about later, but at the moment I'll tell you a bit about the title track. Basically I have no idea what on Earth it's going on about, but it's got cool noises in the background, and Bowie's voice is scary and low, and with a fake London accent, very different to his voice in Ashes to Ashes. "Scary Monsters, Super creeps, keep me running, running scared." Cool! |
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| As I said, favourite track is Teenage Wildlife, probably because I am teenager, and I think it's a bit about being treated like an animal just because you're under 20. "You cant do this to me, I'm not some pice of Teenage Wildlife," Cool lyrics, and great music. I love the backing vocal, the way they really are backing vocals, and Bowie sings over the top, there not like some people who think of backing vocals just as harmony and are at the same level. And they soar over the guitar, and make you sing along. And the bridge is just amazing. Shoot you down is sung like a gun shot. Then theres the really high "Wild"s at the end. Yes I love that song. |
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| Oh and when listening to ashes, listen to the bits where he sings, "This shrieking of nothing is killing " etc and listen especially to the background voice repeating the lines. I might just be comparing this voice to the main one, but it is reaching the sexyness of Diamond Dogs, well nearly. |
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| Listen to "Because your Young," the guitarist is Pete Townsend, frontman of The Who. He doesn't do a huge amount, but what he does do is in a Who style, and is pretty cool. |